Now she had a fumbling knowledge that, had she ever understood Ashley, she would never have loved him; had she ever understood Rhett, she would never have lost him.

Sometimes Frank sighed, thinking he had caught a tropic bird, all flame and jewel color, when a wren would have served him just as well. In fact, much better.

Like most girls, her imagination carried her just as far as the altar and no further.

What is there to see in Europe? I'll bet those foreigners can't show us a thing we haven't got right here in Georgia.

Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless.

But the small cloud which appeared in the northwest four months ago had blown up into a mighty storm and then into a screaming tornado,sweeping away her world, whirling her out of her sheltered life,and dropping her down in the midst of this still,haunted desolation.

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.